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USA - Russia: Quick observations
It's not common for me to wake up at 7 a.m. on a Saturday. Then again, it's not common for the best players in the best sport to clash at such a time, either. The United States downed Russia, 3-2 in a shootout (also known as the hockey fans' eyeroll) over in Sochi as part of the Olympic tournament's preliminary round. The game had just about ( Read more... ) -
A riff on the Super Bowl
Started writing this Friday. Didn't have a chance to really dig into it, but I scratched out a few thoughts before Super Bowl Sunday kicks into the proverbial high gear.If you want a good taste of the Super Bowl, to capture the essence of The Big Game, you don't have to go to East Rutherford - where the game will be played Sunday - or New York ( Read more... ) -
New Year's Eve, Bill O'Brien and gym spikes
For the first time in 26 years, I was alone when 2014 arrived at midnight ( Read more... ) -
So long, 2013 (a reflection)
I haven't been on here in a long time. I haven't written personally, but as a few of my college professors loved to say about writing, "It's in me, and it gots to get out ( Read more... ) -
Meeting
With a waggle of its stubby tail and a few hops, the four-week-old kitten skidded its way along the large windows in the living room, absorbing the sunlight and warmth and atmosphere of its new family in its new home ( Read more... ) -
Hit
It's a sharp pop at first, and then it's a dull thud as it works its way through plastic and cushions and fabric. It's a muffled jolt that shakes the body's core and shoots out to all its extremities.
It's a transfer of energy, a meeting between two bodies in motion, a collision in an ongoing battle for space to win an ongoing war for dominance.
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Love From Tim
Her marble eyes beamed out through a heavy pair of thick, round glasses, and a wry smile sprouted between her paunchy cheeks as she asked the question. It's a question she'd asked thousands of times before, but everything about her suggested she still enjoyed it as it dispersed through the humid mid-afternoon air from the check-out counter to all ( Read more... ) -
Notes from Thursday's Flyers game
My brother ordered tickets to Thursday's Flyers game. We each brought a friend. A few observations:
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I wore an eye patch once
I wore an eye patch once ( Read more... ) -
Return
The breeze -- still armed with a February bite -- dragged itself across the open fields, swirled around the man-made pond adjacent to a small garden, and wrapped itself around me, a solitary figure hunched over on a bench at the outdoor roller hockey rink ( Read more... )